Bang, bang, you're dead
Max Sawicky
sawicky at bellatlantic.net
Wed Mar 6 15:18:39 PST 2002
> as far as i can tell from observing this list and participating
> in a couple
> of gun debates, it's one of those debates that distinguishes the liberals
> from the lefties. liberals go for gun control. but most lefties don't for
> one of three main reason: because they're libertarians; they
> argue that the
> issue isn't guns in the hands of people, but in the hands of the
> state; or
> they realize that revolutionary change may entail the use of violence, in
> which case guns might just be necessary, so get used to 'em.
>
there's also the observation that gun control has squat to do with
reducing crime; it's merely a way for upper income persons to
regulate behavior of which they disapprove.
mbs
Sharpshooter Badge, NRA, 1962
[not a gun owner, but keyboard is registered lethal weapon]
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